How to Quickly and Easily Duplicate Pages in Goodnotes, Notability or Noteshelf

In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you how you can duplicate and add template pages to mixed-layout digital notebooks.

I’m using a 30-Tab Digital Notebook which has lined pages but also includes 23 page layouts which you can duplicate and add anywhere in the notebook. 

RESOURCES USED IN THIS TUTORIAL | 30-TAB DIGITAL NOTEBOOKS

Digital Planning Apps

This post will cover:

• Goodnotes
• Notability
• Noteshelf

Scroll down to find instructions on your favourite app.

Using a Template Page as a New Page - Goodnotes

Step-by-Step

1. Tap on Templates Tab in the top-right corner of your notebook.
2. Tap on the Page Style you want to use. In the notebook I’m using, this takes take you directly to the page template.
3. Tap the Three Dots in the top-right corner of the Goodnotes screen.
4. Select Copy Page. Use the hyperlinked tabs on your notebook to jump to the section you want to add the page layout to.
5. Tap on the + icon (a rectangle and +) in the top-right corner of the screen.
6. Choose Before or After, and then Paste Page.
7. If you drop the page in the wrong place, you can change the page order by opening the Thumbnails Icon (four squares in the top-left corner of the screen). Just drag-and-drop the page into the correct place. 

Using a Template Page as a New Page - Notability

Step-by-Step

1. With Edit Mode off, tap on the Templates Tab in the top-right corner of the notebook.
2. Tap on the Page Template you would like to use. In the notebook I’m using, this will take you directly to the page template.
3. Tap Edit and then tap the Thumbnail Icon (four squares) in the top-right corner.
4. Tap & Hold the template you chose, which will be outlined in blue, to see a fly-out menu.
5. Tap Copy and then tap the X to close the menu. Come out of Edit Mode and navigate to where you want to insert the page.
6. Go back into Edit Mode, Tap & Hold the page thumbnail outlined in blue, and choose Paste Below.
7. If the page is in the wrong place, just drag-and-drop into place.

Using a Template Page as a New Page - Noteshelf

Step-by-Step

1. Tap on Templates Tab in the top-right corner of the notebook.
2. Tap on the Page Style you want to use. In this example, this will take you directly to the page template.
3. Tap on the Pages Icon in the top-right corner. Your chosen template will be outlined in blue. 
4. Tap the Three Dots in the bottom-left corner of your chosen page to see a fly-out menu.
5. Choose Copy. Leave the All Pages side menu open, and navigate to the section you want to add the new page to. This page will now be outlined in blue.
6. Tap the Three Dots in the bottom-left corner of the selected page and choose Paste. 
7. The template page will be pasted after the current page, so if you want it before, just tap & hold, and drag-and-drop into place.

As you can see, it is really easy to make a bespoke, multi-page layout notebook. Just copy and paste in the new layouts as and where you need them!

If you are interesting in the 30-Tab notebooks I’m using in this tutorial, you can find out more about them here.

RESOURCES USED IN THIS TUTORIAL | 30-TAB DIGITAL NOTEBOOKS